Florian Onur Kuhlmeier successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Personalizing Mental Health Chatbots for Young People“ on June 25th, 2025. His work contributes to research and practice in the design of personalized chatbots to support mental health for young people. It articulates concrete design recommendations, provides empirical evidence on the effectiveness of personalization strategies, and establishes an innovative approach for the low-risk, effective evaluation of LLM-based mental health chatbots.  

He convinced the examination committee Prof. Alexander Mädche, Prof. Eva-Lotta Brakemeier, Prof. Benjamin Scheibehenne, and Prof. Petra Nieken with his research. We congratulate Florian for his successful defense!